Month: April 2006

During the past week, the Pacific has proved contrary to her name. The wind has been blowing between 20 and 30 knots with 10 to 12 foot waves in what would be classified as a 7 on the Beaufort scale and technically known as a “near gale.” Audentes has performed admirably in these conditions and […]

Last week’s desperate plea to Neptune for wind seems to have been answered and our only regret is that perhaps we should have only thrown one shoe overboard instead of two. Soon after making our offering, the wind piped up and continued to blow throughout the entire week. By Tuesday, we had 25 knots of […]